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ITT: post your favourite book from your country

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Favourite novel,anyway.

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>> No.1320388

>>1320375
>>1320375
is that cover-art william blake???? looks familiar.

>> No.1320391

>>1320388
yup. Red Dragon

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>> No.1320398

moby dick

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"The story is narrated by a man in his mid-twenties who suddenly becomes disillusioned and confused by life and therefore quits university. The narrator becomes fascinated by both modern scientific theories of time and relativity (by reading a book by Paul Davies) and also by repetitive childish activities such as playing with BRIO children's toys and repeatedly throwing a ball against a wall."

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>> No.1320410

The Talisman by King and Straub

>> No.1320415

The Great Gatsby

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once i smoked a blunt cos i was procrastinating doing an essay for English but then i read this anyway whilst i was stoned & wrote a big piece about how philosophy is bullshit & all that & then i had to hand it in the next day anyway or id get a slip sent home for missing homework.

never re-read it but im fond of it because of that & because i find Hume funny - the typical fat outcast philosopher.

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>> No.1320424

>>1320416
Just curious, what did your prof say?

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I live in Northern Ireland, so I'll pretend my country is the United Kingdom. If that's not allowed, then Dubliners.

>> No.1320426

blood meridian by mccarthy.

>> No.1320432

>>1320428
so

marks?

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>> No.1320428

>>1320424
it was high school

>> No.1320429

>>1320425
Only choose books from Northern Ireland

>> No.1320434

>>1320429
>only choose books from Northern Ireland

inb4reams&reamsofboringwhinybooksaboutthetroubles

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>> No.1320440

>>1320432
a "B" sort of mark. it wasnt too serious folio work or anything. it was our first time choosing a non-fiction piece to write about. she found it funny & gave me a hug after class. she's a slightly fat teacher but it made me feel warm inside.

>> No.1320441

>>1320434
there is a book written by a brit about the troubles-that was pure fuckwin puckoon by spike milligan. one of the funniest books you'll eva read brah

>> No.1320443

>>1320429
Haven't read any. Don't think there's any worth reading.

>> No.1320449

>>1320440
you'll never feel as good again

>> No.1320450

>>1320449
:(

>> No.1320458

>>1320443
read some W. B. Yeats for fucks sake

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>>1320434
I love books about The Troubles.
Check out Iris Murdoch's "The Red and the Green" (albeit, it was about the earlier "Troubles"). I don't seem to remember it being mawkish or sentimental.

>> No.1320467

>>1320458
Yeats wasn't from Northern Ireland.

>> No.1320475

>>1320467
Really? I thought he grew up in Belfast.

>> No.1320491

>>1320475
He grew up in Sligo. Don't think he ever lived in Belfast.

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I think this counts; he was permanently residing in Canada when he wrote it.

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germanfag here. it's a really good read, but i don't know if it got translated to english.

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Not so much my country's shit, but this was fantastic.

>> No.1320943

>>1320940
Wow. Meant to type "Not so much into my country's shit".

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I've read the English translation, too.

You English speakers don't know what you're missing :D